Derek Upde­graff is a PhD can­di­date and instruc­tor of Eng­lish at the Uni­ver­sity of Mis­souri. His work has appeared or is forth­com­ing in The New For­mal­ist, Iambs & Trochees, The Chi­ron Review, Blue Uni­corn, des­cant, The Deronda Review, The Clas­si­cal Out­look, The Rain­town Review, Ezra, and other lit­er­ary journals.